Pumpkin Fun!

The Lindsay girls and their babies had a great time relaxing and enjoying some holiday fun today at the Pumpkin Station in Mission Valley. 

The teachers had a pretty good time too!

TIP Pilot

Fabulous JCCS Educators in our thematic, interdisciplinary, project-based learning (TIP) pilot collaborating around questions about adversity our students experience, our vision of our students success, and what our students need to achieve the success we want for them (and they want for
themselves!).

Great Idea

Rochelle Parsons, teacher at Bayside, has set up a way to quickly check for student understanding of the Learning Target(s) at the end of class.  As they are exiting the room, students move the clothes pin with their name to the appropriate folder.  What a great way to quickly gather formative assessment data and inform instruction!  Thanks for sharing, Rochelle!

SC-REC Open House

South County Blended Community School teachers and staff hosted an Open House for parents on Thursday October 8th, 2015.  Parents had the opportunity to meet their students' Principal, teachers, counselor, Parent and Family Liasion, school nurse, and other support staff.  Parents received information about the academic program, available resources and supports, and an invitation to be actively involved in the education of their child.  Great start to a new school year!!!

Parent "Greet and Treat"

Our Parent and Family Engagement Team had a very successful Parent "Greet and Treat" event for our Community Schools and Monarch School.   We had an amazing time introducing JCCS support staff and school site administrators that were available to answer specific questions from parents.  Parents were engaged in meaningful learning activities that focused on parent support and student success in College, Career, and Community.  We look forward to continue to create opportunities to involve parents in their child's education and support them throghout their time in JCCS.

Back to School Night!

This week Heidi and Tracey had the pleasure of attending Open Houses at Choice Blended, CTEC, and Thurgood Marshall.  The staff at Choice shared with the parents that attended about their new look and all liked the changes.  At CTEC, two of the students presented to those there about the partnership between CTEC and ADA Youth Build and their individual successes.  The Thurgood house was packed and presentations around attendance, health, counseling and curriculum took place.  We all look forward to attending the Open Houses at other schools in October!

South & East Teachers Engaged in Professional Learning

Teachers and staff from the south and east community schools, met on Thursday Sept. 24th at SC-REC for their first PLC meeting of the 2015-2016 school year. The meeting was a continuation of previous conversations with staff regarding our focus on preparing students for Success in college, career and community. Under the leadership of vice-principal Valentin Escanuela, and principal Dulce Leyva-Hall, teachers and staff develiped ideas for this year's PLC's that will positively impact student sucess/love of learning and teacher success/love of teaching.